Stop one shotting players. Hardcore isn't viable.

GGG, I have made many posts regarding Hardcore and its lack of viability in POE. -- If you one shot hardcore players, then you're not giving them a chance to react. -- Three things make a good hardcore player:

1) An understanding of game mechanics.

2) Preparedness: the highest resistances, armor, evasion and hit points the player can bring.

3) Reaction time: The ability to perceive and react thru consciousness and eye hand coordination. -- THIS ONE IS VITAL to a great game! --

GGG, Hardcore and softcore players are getting one shot offscreen by bosses and even by large range mobs. This is, honestly, unfair and must be addressed. Damage needs to be measured and tailored so that players who DO come in with proper defenses but NO experience to boss mechanics AT LEAST have a fighting chance, otherwise its just shameful, frustrating and completely destroys any chance for a fair Hardcore experience.

I have made this plea about Hardcore to you many many times. This is common sense and practical wisdom.

Please see Quin69´s recent 8th death for a great example. Many of his deaths in Hardcore are one shots to Bosses, despite him gearing at the very maximum of his character level.

-- IN CONCLUSION --

GGG: You are now at the peak of the Gaming Industry. A good Action RPG provides a reasonable challenge at ANY stage of gameplay.

A peak "Exile-Like" will test a player's:

1) Reaction times

2) Gearing and Preparedness

It should NOT be Knowledge of the fight check, or else the excitement and challenge of a new encounter immediately dissipates.


- Fellow Exiles - Please post your thoughts and disagreements. Remember that I'm stating these opinions and facts in hopes of helping GGG improve their game.

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1) Reaction times

2) Gearing and Preparedness

These are two fundamentally different progression approaches, combining them well is very hard. In a hardcore mode almost impossible.

POE 1 is very much in the camp of option 2, unless you are totally brain dead, or very unlucky.

If POE 2 goes more down the path of option 1 then hardcore will always be far less viable. You have to play 50-100 hours to reach endgame and no one can concentrate enough to not make a reaction mistake for that long.

This is the price of Hardcore. You want this, you got it.

the thing is when you chose to play on hardcore league you have to make good choices and decisions before you choose to enter a fight and having the ability to just log out because you made bad intake or decision on how something works in the game or you are taking more damage than you were expecting it to be, it takes away the experience of actually playing hardcore and the real meaning of it. idk if you guys understand where i'm coming from. but this is literally no hardcore it should be rename to softcore relog league.

idk if you guys are actually scared of losing streamers or something but this is really really a joke at this point and the fact that you are allowing this is absolutely insane

you are playing hardcore you chose to play that league you know you die you lose your char on that league and you have to start over, wanna keep playing your char than sure but your not on the hardcore league. so why are we allowing people to be able to log out? again this because you have contract with streamer?? or your scared of losing them?? or your scared of them looking like fools cleaning the floor every 10 levels? and starting over????


YOU KNOW THE RULES YOU SIGNED UP FOR IT!

and than you choose to cheat by logging out before death because you made bad decision. this is what hardcore is all about who makes the correct decisions all the fucking time till they hit level 100. so your hardcore league can literally suck peep!.

your not feeling it for the day, than don't log on your hardcore character. you been playing for 5 hours than take a break go play on trade league or SSF.


it takes away the whole competition by being able to log out. if you would to playing any online games involving rankings and you know you cant perform after 5 hour session than don't play or you risk of losing ranks.


again whoever your look at it this is really not hardcore this is a joke....


its the most softcore shit i have ever seen in any game i have played.

i have 0 respect to anyone who is on hardcore league at this point.

and your ranks and score means nothing but fake scores

if i would look at someone who is level 90 or level 100 on hardcore i would be questioning and asking how many times did that person used a macro to log out.

i would not even think that person is actually a good player...

I agree, no boss should ever “one shot” a well setup player. Period. Boss mechanics that are meant to be insta gibs should be very few and far between.

I love hard difficulty games, but one shot mechanics are not hard, they are just stupid and having them happen constantly is idiotic. Give a hard boss *1* one shot mechanic that is very well telegraphed and gives you time to react.